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Re: Torico's Ice Cream

#151

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YESSSSSSSSS

Posted on: 2012/5/26 2:33

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Re: Urban Rooftop gardening and Aphids!

#152

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I totally forgot about the marigold-tomato thing. I suppose I should find myself some marigold seeds or plants before my tomatoes start to come out.

Posted on: 2012/5/23 23:40

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CatDog

Re: Urban Rooftop gardening and Aphids!

#153

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Quote:

MDM wrote:
My rooftop outdoor mini garden has been invaded by green aphids (which are now being terminated with extreme prejudice via various pesticides). It took a whopping 72 hours for my peppers and tomato plants to get covered.

I figured being in an urban area, on a rooftop with no gardens anywhere near, these little bastards would be slow on the attack.

Man, was I wrong.

the garden store by the exit from the Holland Tunnel has these containers that are completely overflowing with live ladybugs. It's kinda gross actually, since there are so many ladybugs in there, they start crawling over the dead corpses of their lady brethren. But if you want a quick infusion of live ladybugs to kill off your aphids, that's a good place to go! No shipping time, no breeding time, no nothing!

Posted on: 2012/5/23 23:39

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CatDog

Re: Finally some more bike racks at Grove St.

#154

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I'm very thankful, but now the bike racks at Exchange Place are blocked off. What's going on there?

Posted on: 2012/5/22 18:46

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CatDog

Re: Where'd all the Food Trucks Go?

#155

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I was wondering that as well

Posted on: 2012/5/22 18:44

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CatDog

Re: Anyone successfully rid themselves of these pesky little ants?

#156

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Get this. They will swarm all over it, carry it back to the nest, and be dead really soon. I've used it in 3 different houses when I've had ant problems, in bathrooms, bedrooms, kitchens. Always works amazingly

You can get it at Home Depot (though this link is for an entire case)
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/s ... lebase-_-D28X-_-100670253

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Posted on: 2012/5/22 0:30

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CatDog

Re: Empty those fancy trash cans on Jersey City sidewalks & Laying off the wrong people.

#157

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every weekend the trash cans along Jersey are overflowing. The JCIA is a mess.

Posted on: 2012/5/21 17:40

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CatDog

Re: Totally unauthorized political parade/convoy yesterday?

#158

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user1111 wrote:
Why do you assume it is not authorized? Did you request to see their papers?

Because there wasn't a single police officer escorting the convoy. Got nothing to do with "papers" so don't act offended.

In the video above of NYC, there is obviously a police escort and police are directing traffic. There was no such thing in JC.

Posted on: 2012/5/15 18:25

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CatDog

Totally unauthorized political parade/convoy yesterday?

#159

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I think it was for a guy named Danilo? Don't know what he could have been running for, but there was a convoy of at least 50 vehicles blasting music on Newark Ave yesterday, setting off car alarms, complete with a towed platform with people dancing.

I didn't see any police so I know it wasn't planned with the city. Don't you have to get some kind of authorization for something like this? They weren't running lights and they were being pretty courteous to people crossing the street, so I suppose it could have been all OK, but it seems odd to me that you could amass an army of vehicles to have what seemed like an impromptu parade, and not get any sort of approval from the city for it.

Posted on: 2012/5/14 23:23

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CatDog

Re: Noise from Zeppelin Beer Hall

#160

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really, if you choose to live next to a beer hall with a capacity of 2,000 people then I think you're not allowed to complain about anything.

Posted on: 2012/5/10 0:30

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CatDog

Re: New DMV Rules Begin Monday for Driver's Licenses

#161

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It's ridiculous how hard it is to get a state ID these days. My girlfriend had an easier time getting a passport than she did getting a New York state ID.

And when I went to get my license renewed recently, they didn't even bother to mention in the letter mailed to me that I'd need proof of address and secondary IDs and all sorts of other crap. Soon it will be impossible to get any ID in this country, and nobody will be allowed to vote.

Posted on: 2012/5/7 23:04

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CatDog

Re: Why can't you buy beer and wine at convenience stores in NJ?

#162

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Quote:

sepecat wrote:
Bj's at Newport sells alcohol? Which aisle? I never seen it there..

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CatDog wrote:
BJ's does sell alcohol, and if you have a membership it's at a damn good discount.

What I don't understand is why BJ's gets to sell alcohol in the main store while Costco has to keep the store separate. I think it's because by law BJ's has to sell alcohol to everybody, even if you don't have a membership, right?

hmm maybe they had to come to an agreement with Shoprite not to or something?

When I had a membership to the BJ's on Rt 17 by Lyndhurst, they've got wing, spirits, and cases of beer. Haven't been in the one here, tbh, since I discontinued my membership a while ago.

Posted on: 2012/5/7 18:25

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CatDog

Re: Good pho/Vietnamese food?

#163

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the only Vietnamese you'll ever need

Posted on: 2012/5/7 8:54

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CatDog

Re: Why can't you buy beer and wine at convenience stores in NJ?

#164

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BJ's does sell alcohol, and if you have a membership it's at a damn good discount.

What I don't understand is why BJ's gets to sell alcohol in the main store while Costco has to keep the store separate. I think it's because by law BJ's has to sell alcohol to everybody, even if you don't have a membership, right?

Posted on: 2012/5/5 9:56

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CatDog

Re: Why can't you buy beer and wine at convenience stores in NJ?

#165

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MDM wrote:
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Crazy_Chester wrote:

Yeah, I want to pay the same as now, but have to do it myself because you're impatient and running late.

Who said full service is going away? My elderly mother doesn't like pumping her own gas and she has no problem finding full service station near home (in VT which has a fraction of the population density as here).

really? I have driven across this country so many times and can't remember ever once finding a full-service station anywhere else.

Posted on: 2012/5/4 8:56

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CatDog

Re: Why can't you buy beer and wine at convenience stores in NJ?

#166

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Quote:

MDM wrote:
how is it advantageous to be able to pump your own gas? It's not like you have to tip the attendants or anything

Its faster to pump your own. The cheaper full service stations often have only one or two attendants. You often have to wait to get filled up and pay.

it's a little faster to pump your own, but personally, I'm never in such a rush that an extra minute is going to make the difference.

Plus it really is nice to stay inside in the winter.

That, and there are thousands of people employed because of that law, and it adds a miniscule 4 cents to a gallon.

Posted on: 2012/5/4 8:54

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CatDog

Re: Why can't you buy beer and wine at convenience stores in NJ?

#167

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And really there are so many liquor stores in NJ that I can't imagine it's that much of an inconvenience to anybody.

With supermarkets and stores like Walmart and Target selling everything under the sun now, small businesses like cheese shops, fish markets, butchers, bakeries and the like are going extinct. Now we want to eliminate some more of that and make these superstores even larger? No thanks, I'm willing to walk the 5 minutes to one of the dozens of liquor stores within a half mile of my house.

Posted on: 2012/5/2 23:53

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CatDog

Re: Why can't you buy beer and wine at convenience stores in NJ?

#168

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Quote:

ianmac47 wrote:
You guessed it.

The liquor license laws are really silly in this state. They are limited by the state, and limited by population.

For a while, grocery stores were buying up all the local liquor licenses in a town so that the only place to buy liquor was in the grocery store liquor store.

Note that now you can't buy liquor from a grocery store -- they are always separate.

Moreover, because liquor licenses are finite, the prices appreciates in value. But the state isn't getting a recurring fee from the license, as happens in many other states.

You think NJ is silly? Go to Utah, or Nevada, or Missouri, or Georgia, or even Pennsylvania. Even NY! Most states in this country have much more ridiculous liquor laws than NJ.

NJ's liquor laws are simple:
Want liquor?
Go to liquor store (for anything and everything)

Compare that to Pennsylvania, our next-door neighbor:
Want liquor?
Go to a bar (if you want a 6-pack)
Go to a beer distributor (if you want a case)
Go to a wine and spirits store (if you want wine or spirits)
Go to god knows where (if you want a keg)
Oh and half the stores are state-owned.

Not to mention the ridiculous rules that every variety of beer ever sold by a business must be registered for a fee with the state or it can be confiscated.

And you think NJ has silly laws?

Posted on: 2012/5/2 23:50

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CatDog

Re: Best Fried Chicken Joint in JC: Hollywood Fried Chicken

#169

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Quote:

jmcee wrote:
I wonder what happened to Hollywood Chicken? It looks like it has been closed for about a week.

I noticed that last week when I had a craving for fried chicken. Is it grimy? Sure it's a chicken shack. But their fried chicken is fantastic.

Posted on: 2012/4/30 18:40

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CatDog

Re: New York Bagel on Newark Avenue

#170

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downtown wrote:
Worse than Wonder Bagel, and I didn't think that was possible.

do you want the immaculate conception in your bagel? What the hell makes a good bagel for you?

Posted on: 2012/4/28 21:34

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CatDog

Re: Tanty's Fish n Chips on Pacific

#171

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is it caribbean food or is it fish n chips? Argyle in Kearny is amazing fish n chips. Columbus and Jersey is great caribbean despite the freaking car running into their business recently.

But I won't mix the two. Is it fish and chips? Is it caribbean? I gotta know man!

Posted on: 2012/4/28 21:01

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CatDog

Re: What location was your bike stolen from (time, type of lock, etc)?

#172

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Some idiot stole my seat and post last night from the Grove St Plaza and I can't understand why! The seat was 5 years old, and was completely busted at the seams. The foam was starting to pop out!

And yes it was quick release, but I had a freaking chain on it! Why would somebody bother with a chain so they could steal a falling-apart old bike seat??? At a place like Grove St Plaza?

And to put the finishing touch on, they cut the strap on the rear bike light as well, so it's completely useless now. Whyyyyyyy.

Posted on: 2012/4/26 9:43

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CatDog

Re: should Jersey City create and implement on-street bicycle lanes?

#173

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Quote:

ianmac47 wrote:
One way to safely create bike lanes would be to eliminate parking on one side of the street and install the bike lane where the parking once was.

that will never happen. Also, you don't need nearly that much space for a bike lane.

Posted on: 2012/4/23 22:36

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CatDog

Re: New York Bagel on Newark Avenue

#174

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Where the hell did everyone in this thread see miso/seaweed bagels and rosemary/thyme/whole wheat bagels and all this other fancy stuff? All I saw were regular bagels.

The bagels sucked, btw. They were tough like supermarket bagels. If you're going to name yourself "something Bagel" then maybe your bagels should be better than plastic bag bagels. Don't think I'll ever bother with the place again.

Posted on: 2012/4/22 16:44

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CatDog

Re: should Jersey City create and implement on-street bicycle lanes?

#175

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I don't know about licenses for casual riders, but definitely for delivery guys/messengers. I bike a lot in NYC and the worst offenders are the deliverymen and messengers. Most everybody else follows the rules decently.

Posted on: 2012/4/22 0:49

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CatDog

Re: Butcher

#176

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Moloney's is awesome and has good prices.

La Conga on Grove is alright as well, and has a lot more stuff like tripe and feet if you're into things like that.

Posted on: 2012/4/18 9:00

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CatDog

Re: Gamers in Jersey City?

#177

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Dudes at the comic book shop next to Hudson County Art Supply are always on about games.

Posted on: 2012/4/17 22:51

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CatDog

Re: Key Foods - Jersey & 3rd

#178

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Produce is finally good. Place doesn't smell. Still a little skeptical about meat and dairy though.

Posted on: 2012/4/17 22:51

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CatDog

Re: Hudson County Election Results "Live" on Election Night (4/17) web site

#179

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Also should note that the Hudson County Board of Elections website's "Find your Ward and District" page was not working most of this week so I couldn't figure out if my polling place was changed.

Though even now that I'm looking at it, it says I'm in District 14, when the map at Grace Church said District 12, and I wasn't on any of their polling books. Something's not right here.

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FGJCNJ1970 wrote:
DANG IT.

Congrats Jersey City. YOU let the city take away that $40 bucks OBAMA wanted YOU to have.

RENTERS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO VOTE ON SPENDING ISSUES. THEY DON'T PAY PROPERTY TAXES. I'm sick of annual tax increases voted on by folks who don't pay into the system.

NOT FAIR. I say introduce special fees for renter residents who send their kids to the public schools. This way they have a vested interest in keeping costs down too. TAXES SUCK.

ah yes, back to the old system of only allowing landowners to vote. Fantastic idea. If I'm not allowed to vote, then my rent should be half as much, since I shouldn't have to deal with my share of my landlord's taxes.

Posted on: 2012/4/17 22:48

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CatDog

Re: Hudson County Election Results "Live" on Election Night (4/17) web site

#180

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Went to my normal polling place, and my name wasn't on the books (I guess because of re-districting). Asked where to vote, and nobody knew. They called the board of elections, and nobody picked up. Took them a while and a lot of cajoling from me to just let me cast a provisional ballot. What lunacy.

Posted on: 2012/4/17 22:44

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